Career Mode Overhaul
I really like the potential of Career mode. There are some solid ideas that could serve as the foundation of an excellent and endlessly replayable career mode. But the mode is currently bogged down by too many issues and needs to be overhauled, either as an update or for the next game. I want to lay out the issues and potential solutions below. 1. More Stage Variety I was flabbergasted once I started playing quickplay and realized how much of the game I was missing out on because Career mode never presented those stages or conditions. It was so frustrating to ALWAYS end on a night stage as well (which is very unrealistic). More stage variety would go a long way to elevating the mode. 2. Better AI This would help more than Career mode. The AI is both too inconsistent and also not inconsistent enough. They are inconsistent as a group from stage to stage and rally to rally, sometimes not being a challenge at all even when I crash, other times beating me by a wide margin and competing with world record times even though I nailed the stage. But it's always the one guy who's top of the AI, especially in non-WRC events. They never crash out or just have a bad rally. Individuals are FAR too consistent. It's practically impossible to win a championship without coming in first the majority of events AND making podium on all but one or two at most. 3. Tire System Overhaul The tire system in this game is less than barebones. I'd consider it THE biggest pain-point that impacts the entire game and every mode in it, and Career is certainly no exception. Being able to select the tires you bring, per tire degradation and selection, tire rotation between stages, and reusing tires are required for the game and this franchise moving forward. 4. Get rid of the Benefactor System I liked the idea of a benefactor when I first heard of it, but getting hands on with it has been a terrible experience and I can't think of a way to solve the issue in a satisfying way other than getting rid of it. His demands are ridiculous and make career feel so suffocating. Let us be our own benefactors and own cars. Engineers and Teammates should still be salaried (maybe co-driver too), and maybe make us pay to upgrade the Chief Engineer, but I far prefer having to pay for my own repairs and having a sense of ownership over my car collection, plus what is the point to having all of these choices for events throughout career if our choices are practically being dictated to us by a lunatic who NEEDS me to come in first in every event in a championship? Heck even car upkeep can still be a thing (though not as expensive as current) since getting new tires and keeping the car race ready does have a cost. Just have a restriction be the "free" restriction like the Fulvia was in DR2.0 to prevent a fail state, or make regularity rally the event you can still do while "in the red". If you want to motivate people to try new things and get out of their comfort zone a little, have certain events highlighted as having bonus prize money. 5. Change the Schedule between Seasons Having one schedule for a season or three is fine, but playing that same schedule 5 or 8 seasons in is really killing the longevity of career mode. 6. Multiple Careers and Career options I want to make it clear that having a modern career with historical side events should be the focus and the primary mode. But maybe let us start a new career without deleting the old one. I'd like to be able to run both a more forgiving career with shorter events and an ultra-hardcore full length events with no restarts career at the same time. Also, having the option to do a historical career, where you can choose your own restrictions as the tier 3, 2 and 1 options for the WRC events would really make running multiple careers appealing. Speaking of the tier levels... 7. Let Us Select our Tier level per WRC event This ties into multiple points above, but without a benefactor we are free to decide what tier to enter into per event, as opposed to per season. This could allow for situations where we might be struggling financially to keep up with the repairs on our Rally 1 car while performing poorly (and therefor not getting the prize money to keep in the black), so we "demote" ourselves mid-season to Rally 2 in order to stabilize. It might kill our chances at championship prize money but it will stop the bleeding so to speak. Even cooler if we get to choose this for our teammates as well, where one is struggling so the pair gets sent down a level but another gets "called up" to take their place in the car. I'm sure there is more that can be done to improve the mode, but I really do think the foundation of a flexible schedule with potential choices about conflicts is a good basis for a strong and highly replayable career mode. Thank you for reading and your consideration.
VSYNC Stuttering issue on Non-VRR displays
What will happen with any non-VRR display: With in-game VSYNC or third-party Normal stage start: Stutters 90% of the time (Seems to be locking the framerate bellow the displays refreshrate) Enter/exit graphics menu before stage: Stutters will stop at first, but might start ramdomly mid stage, which its a even worse situation (Apparently because of assets being loaded mid-stage, but I can't know for sure) W/O VSYNC W/o Framelimiters: Erratic framerate, stutters and constant screen tearing Framelimiters: Stable framerate but also constant screen tearing If its not getting fixed, someone on the team PLEASE, at the very least, let me know of any way I can bypass the problem....
NEEDED features/ Changes for Quality of life 2025
First I will start of with a feature that should be easily implemented number 1 being the most URGENT TIRE WEAR PROGRESSION BAR - This is the most important and urgent issue that needs reworked, and easiest thing to fix as a DEV. Instead of having just 3 bars GREEN, YELLOW, and RED, we need to be able to have a more in-depth system of actual tire heath. you should be able to inspect your tires at the service area to get a more accurate judgement of the wear of the the tire ( tread depth ) this inspection should not take more then 10 seconds and not add to the time limit per each service station. At the very least you could do 2 bars of GREEN, 3 bars of YELLOW and 2 bars of RED. LIVERY EDITOR LIGHTING - For all those Livery creators we know the pain of the colors of the liveries drastically changing once the car leaves the garage. I would LOVE to see the light in the garage rework to more accurately mirror the lighting of a non-cloudy day stage with far less GLARE when looking at the car from certain angles in the editor. API DATA OPTION FOR ONLINE LOBBIES - I would love to see and option to save/upload your own online lobby stage data to racenet for personal review. BUILDER CARS MOVED TO THE FAR RIGHT WHEN CHOOSING A CAR IN ONLINE LOBBIES - nothing is worse then being AFK and missing picking a car and getting stuck with a WRC 1 Rear engine builder car if it by chances to be the last builder car you made.WRC 25 wishlist
Here few things what I wanted to the see in WRC 25 Co-driver nationality: Would be nice, if we were able select co-driver nationality. Now co-driver nationality is same than co-driver language. Classic cars: EA Sports WRC include 19 different car class and 93 cars with many different liveries. Car collection in EA WRC is wide and versatile, we have much legendaries cars in the game, but still some lengendary cars missing in the game. Here is few cars, what we want to see in the game. WRC 1997-2011 Ford Escort WRC Hyundai Accent WRC Mitsubishi Lancer WRC Peugeot 307 WRC Škoda Octavia WRC Suzuki SX4 WRC Toyota Corolla WRC Super 1600 MG ZR S1600 Suzuki Ignis S1600 Suzuki Swift S1600 VW Polo S1600 WRC 2012-2016 Ford Fiesta RS WRC Hyundai NG i20 WRC Group A Mazda 323 4WD /GTX /GT-R Toyota Celica GT-4 (ST165) Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD (ST185) Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205) Super 2000 Ford Fiesta S2000 Proton Satria Neo S2000 Škoda Fabia S2000 F2 Hyundai Coupé Kit Car Renault Clio Maxi Group B Nissan 240 RS Toyota Celica Twincam Turbo Driver equipments: Possibility to change the color of suits, gloves and helmets, as we can do in F1 games.
Suggestions for future DLCs
1- First of all lets talk about stages, I have seen that in each DLC that they add to the game they make a mix between new cars, liveries and stages. So for future DLCs I want to ask for something that Tarmac rally lovers want and would greatly appreciate. Currently, the Croatian rally only has the sections where it is run on a wide road with good quality asphalt it looks like u are playing rally Japan with another trees and decoration. But in reality in the Croatian rally we have stages of narrow and bumpy roads which makes the rally a great challenge, but at the same time something very fun as we could see in WRC generations. It would be fun if they add stages of that style since the closest thing to that that the game currently has is the central europe rally and 2 stages in the iberia rally, and rally islas canarias on the future will be very similar to iberian rally. 2- Shakedown and super special stages (sss). I would like to have shakedown stages available on the time trial mode. Following this i think that SSS stages they should be in the game already, They are a very recognized part of the rallies and everyone loves them. On the other hand, they would be a great addition to the career mode as they provide realism to the World Rally Championship events. 3- Time Trials. The possibility of choosing season of the year, weather and time of day in time trial mode, currently you can only play time trial races during the day and in dry or wet conditions without the option of playing at night or in rain... It would be an inprovement because now if i want to play a night stage for example i need to create a new tournament only to play one stage. 4- Car suggestions. (Not including toyota cars because of license problems) -Rally GT class : Porsche 997 GT , Alpine A110 RGT and GT+ -Ford fiesta WRC 2011-2014 -Ford fiesta WRC 2016 -Subaru impreza S12 and S14 -Suzuki Swift S1600 -Renault clio Maxi (with Raggnoti livery) -Hyundai accent and Skoda octavia WRC -Mitsubishi lancer evo IV and VIII -Skoda Fabia S2000 And this is all I have for the moment if you have come this far, thank you for taking your time to read everything and I look forward to your feedback, especially from the EA wrc workers :)
WRC Croatia
Greetings ea sport, maybe it's not my language, but I have a question regarding the Croatian WRC tracks, why do you currently represent that there are currently all the tracks Trakošćan, Hartje and so on, not to mention them. When there is only the 25 km Bliznec track..to make it easier for me to understand what I want to ask you..turn on the Trakošćan track which is also 25 km long, just drive it from the town of Pila towards Zagreb...so in general there is only one Bliznec track..I am currently very disappointed with this situation...everything else is fine but these tracks have killed my imagination. That's why I bought the game to drive on Croatian roads.
Linux full support or reenable Linux with Proton
I just want to play the game on my Linux system (Steam Deck and Linux box). Please, add an option to launch the game without anti-cheat. I don't mind if my score is not being updated on the servers. I can even play offline if needed. Proton is already enabling the game to run on Linux without extra work from EA, but the anti-cheat removed this option from us.
WRC EA mistakes & inaccuracies FEEDBACK thread
I was thinking about creating a thread with all the mistakes and inaccuracies seen in EA WRC early build (very few as tradition with CODIES). Let's start with the CARS: X̶S̶A̶R̶A̶ ̶W̶R̶C̶:̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶v̶e̶r̶s̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶m̶o̶d̶e̶l̶l̶e̶d̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶g̶a̶m̶e̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶I̶N̶C̶O̶N̶S̶I̶S̶T̶E̶N̶T̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶t̶e̶r̶i̶o̶r̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶u̶s̶e̶d̶,̶ ̶C̶I̶T̶R̶O̶E̶N̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶r̶t̶e̶d̶ ̶u̶s̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶e̶x̶h̶a̶u̶s̶t̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶r̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶s̶i̶d̶e̶ ̶s̶i̶n̶c̶e̶ ̶2̶0̶0̶4̶,̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶a̶ ̶B̶I̶G̶G̶E̶R̶ ̶R̶O̶O̶F̶ ̶S̶C̶O̶O̶P̶ ̶s̶i̶n̶c̶e̶ ̶2̶0̶0̶2̶,̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶S̶T̶I̶C̶K̶ ̶S̶H̶I̶F̶T̶E̶R̶ ̶W̶A̶S̶ ̶L̶O̶N̶G̶ ̶G̶O̶N̶E̶,̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶a̶r̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶r̶t̶e̶d̶ ̶u̶s̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶a̶ ̶P̶A̶D̶D̶L̶E̶ ̶S̶H̶I̶F̶T̶ ̶S̶Y̶S̶T̶E̶M̶ ̶s̶i̶n̶c̶e̶ ̶T̶O̶U̶R̶ ̶D̶E̶ ̶C̶O̶R̶S̶E̶ ̶2̶0̶0̶1̶,̶ ̶a̶ ̶r̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶a̶l̶s̶o̶ ̶W̶O̶N̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶P̶u̶r̶a̶s̶.̶ ̶C̶O̶L̶I̶N̶ ̶n̶e̶v̶e̶r̶ ̶d̶r̶o̶v̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶v̶e̶r̶s̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶a̶r̶.̶ ̶A̶L̶S̶O̶ ̶f̶r̶o̶n̶t̶ ̶a̶i̶r̶ ̶i̶n̶t̶a̶k̶e̶s̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶r̶a̶k̶e̶s̶ ̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶N̶O̶N̶ ̶f̶u̶n̶c̶t̶i̶o̶n̶a̶l̶ ̶i̶n̶g̶a̶m̶e̶. FIXED! 206 WRC: The version of the game it is likely the 02 one driven by Richard Burns, the car changes GEAR with the TWO RINGS placed on the top and bottom of the steering wheel, in the game the avatar changes gear with the auxiliary gear stick SHIFTER. Water effect in rainy conditions on the inside of the windshield. FABIA WRC: the car changes GEAR with the TWO RINGS placed on the top and bottom of the steering wheel. In the game the avatar changes gear with the auxiliary gear stick SHIFTER (same as in the 206 WRC) FIESTA WRC 2021: W̶e̶ h̶a̶v̶e̶ W̶R̶O̶N̶G̶ a̶u̶x̶i̶l̶i̶a̶r̶y̶ s̶h̶i̶f̶t̶e̶r̶ a̶n̶i̶m̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶, t̶h̶e̶ P̶A̶D̶D̶L̶E̶ s̶h̶i̶f̶t̶e̶r̶ a̶n̶i̶m̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ i̶s̶n̶'t̶ w̶o̶r̶k̶i̶n̶g̶. FIXED! Thanks I'll update the list if myself or other users found more inaccuracies UPDATED 12/03/2025 with LE MAESTRO DLC cars ̶M̶I̶T̶S̶U̶B̶I̶S̶H̶I̶ ̶L̶A̶N̶C̶E̶R̶ ̶E̶V̶O̶ ̶V̶I̶ ̶(̶G̶r̶o̶u̶p̶A̶)̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶W̶R̶C̶ ̶1̶9̶9̶7̶-̶2̶0̶1̶1̶ ̶c̶l̶a̶s̶s̶.̶ ̶N̶o̶t̶e̶s̶ ̶6̶-̶s̶p̶e̶e̶d̶ ̶h̶-̶p̶a̶t̶t̶e̶r̶n̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶s̶h̶o̶w̶r̶o̶o̶m̶.̶ ̶S̶h̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶6̶-̶s̶p̶e̶e̶d̶ ̶s̶e̶q̶u̶e̶n̶t̶i̶a̶l̶ ̶. FIXED! Thanks !! DOUBLE DECK REAR SPOILER ON THE EVO VI WAS BLANKED because of FIA GROUP A /WRC RULES. ̶M̶I̶N̶I̶ ̶C̶O̶U̶N̶T̶R̶Y̶M̶A̶N̶ ̶W̶R̶C̶,̶ ̶N̶o̶t̶e̶s̶ ̶5̶-̶s̶p̶e̶e̶d̶ ̶s̶e̶q̶u̶e̶n̶t̶i̶a̶l̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶s̶h̶o̶w̶r̶o̶o̶m̶.̶ ̶S̶h̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶6̶-̶s̶p̶e̶e̶d̶ ̶s̶e̶q̶u̶e̶n̶t̶i̶a̶l̶ FIXED! Thanks !! VOLKSWAGEN GOLF MK4 F2 KIT CAR, mentions in showroom 6-speed H-pattern, but is a 6 speed sequential MITSUBISHI GALANT VR4, inaccurate exhaust size. NO 4 WHEEL STEERING ANIMATION (only GROUP A car with 4 wheel steering), 16 inch SNOW RIMS not modelled FORD FOCUS WRC 2001: WRONG Interior for the modelled car WHICH IS THE 2002 FOCUS that debuted in the ADAC RALLY DEUTSCHLAND 2002, real car has PADDLE SHIFTER aswell. LANCIA DELTA INTEGRALE: NO projector in the headlight LENSES on the rally cars (it has in the game) SUBARU S14 WRC: No ROCKET Launch control /antilag system like in the real car, ALSO headlight bulbs don't light up. LANCIA DELTA S4: WRONG front RIMS on TARMAC HYUNDAI I20 WRC: The taillights don't light up as the REAL CAR FABIA RALLY 2:The taillights don't light up as the REAL CAR ESCORT & SIERRA COSWORTH: INACCURATE SNOW RIMS IMPREZA 1998: Gearbox is 6 speed manual with autoclutch (also wrong color for the mirror) IMPREZA WRC 2001: Lack of FRONT SPLITTER Lack of SAFARI SPECIAL PARTS like bullbars or SNORKELS for SAFARI cars like old and current RALLY2 cars, (RALLY1 are forbidden to mount these parts because of FIA rules) POLO R WRC: Wrong shifting ANIMATION, changing gears with handbrake XSARA KIT CAR: WRONG TARMAC & GRAVEL RIMS! C3 WRC: WRONG GRAVEL RIMS (should use xsara, c4 & ds3 wrc gravel rims) SOUND: NO TUNNEL ECHO sound at MONTECARLO (not checked YET) The Ford Fiesta Rally2 (MK2) sounds the same as the Ford Fiesta R5 Evo2 (MK7). In Dirt rally 2.0 both sounded different. Also the Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 has the same engine sound as the old model Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo. STICKERS: Rear window for real life rally portugal says ACP, not rally portugal vodafone ADAMANTIUM OBJECTS like TREES, BARRIERS, BUSHES, ECC PLEASE: GIVE US your FEEDBACK if you see SOME INCONSISTENCIES in terms of car modelling / liveries, stage design, ecc.. It benefits us all, thanks! NOTE TO CODIES: If mistakes were corrected and we didn't addressed it, PLEASE let us know so we can keep the list UPDATED, cheers.
